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Ruminating on that time Francis saying goodbye to Philippa after the Vannes' casket trial in RC.

"Jerott said, ‘The Somerville youngster has a stout heart for her size.’ Even at the end, Philippa had not given way; and it must have been no joke, finding herself alone at night with a dead woman and a band of armed soldiers. She knew Lymond, it seemed. Why then, for God’s sake, thought Jerott to himself with renewed irritation, hadn’t the man shown some warmth or some decent concern for the girl? He added to his previous remark. ‘But she’s no beauty.’